Music-lyre.



J. E. HAWLEYy MUSIC LYRE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.23,1912.

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JOEL E. HAWLEY, OF KANSAS CITY. MISSOURI.

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of Missouri, have inx'ented certain new and useful Improvements in Music-Lyres;-and I dordeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertainsstoirnake and use the same, reference being'hadtoithg accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 23, 1912. Serial No. 692,641.

Patented Mar. 25, 19113.

through a cord 12 to a battery 13, which may be carried in the pocket when the cord is of sulticient length to lead to such position from the mounting of the lamp on music lyre.

While the lamp may be mounted on any suitable lyre, l prefer to provide the back of the reflector with a stem 14 and the back of the lyre .with a socket 15, which may be formed by depending lips 16 from the central ribs 17 of the lyre body, as illustrated in Fig. H and Fig. TV.

Presuming the lyre to be adapted for reof reference marked thereon, which form a ceiving the-lamp mount and the reflectorto part of this specification.

My inventionrelates to a lamp for music lyres and has for its principalobject to provide a device for use by musicians when playing in parades, out-door concerts, or other places where it is impossible for them to secure light by which to read their music, a further'object of the invention being to provide a lamp which may be applied to the lyre, ordinarily carried by the instrument or on the body of the player, wherein the light-- ing current may be supplied from a battery carried in the pocket of a player.

In accomplishing these objects, I have provided the improved details of structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a lamp for music lyres constructed according to my invention. Fig. H is a rear view of same showing the mounting for the lamp. Fig. HT is a central vertical sect-ion on the line -TTTTIT Fig. H. Fig. TV is a cross sect-ion on the line l[VTV, Fig. H, showing the socket and the lamp stem.

Referring more in detail to the parts, 1 designates a music lyre of any ordinary construction, having the usual socket shank 2 and music rail 3.

b t deslgnates a reflector having an open side 5 and a back portion 6 provided with an insulation lined aperture 7. Extending through and mounted in theaperture 7 is a neck 8 of the lamp bulb 9, which latter is located within the reflector and is adapted for shedding light therefrom. "The bulb 9 carries current wires 10 and 11, which lead be eenstfiructed as described and equipped parades in the open air, or in any locality where there is insufficient light, the lamp may be mounted on the lyre by projecting the stem 14- of the reflector into the socket 15 of the lyre, when the reflector will extend out in front of the lyre with the open side down so that light from the bulb will be thrown onto the music carried by the lyre body. The cord 12 is usually long enough to extend to the pocket of t-he musician so that the battery may be carried in the pocket. The batterymay be provided with an ordinary switch, not shown, by which the;

lamp circuit may be opened or closed. It is apparent that with a device of this kind, a musician is independentof stationary lamps and that he is greatly benefitftesl;

by having a steady and suliicient light for his music when working in the open air or in unlighted buildings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimras new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent ie: Claimf 1 a central body, of ears bent back from said body to :torm a socket, a reflector havmga stem removably progected into said socket and having a cupped body portion projeeeed iloo 9a The combination with a music lyre havingi' over the body of the lyre, a lamp located Within the reflector and having a neck projected through the base thereof and insulated therefrm', and a portable battery having 5 flexible Wire connection with the lamp sub-. stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- JOEL E. HAVVLEY.

\Vitnesses':

LETA E. QoA'rs, ARTHUR A. GRIM. 

